Chrome Overtakes Safari As Number 3 Browser

Hey Safari...HA HA!
- Nelson

How about a local counter? Where do we stand as far as browser usage for THG?

This is because most Mac users don't even use Safari. I bet that a good portion of those Safari hits are from iPhones (no viable alternatives).

I have to say though that I can see Chrome overtaking Firefox in another year or 2. Its just so much faster and more stable. Once it catches up a bit more in the plugin realm, it will be far and away the better choice.

Internet Explorer only hold that much market share because it's been around longer... it's basically **** now My support is for Firefox and Chrome

@gm0n3y:

The first set of numbers is for US users; the second set is for global users.

still Firefox fan...

I don't like tab placement in Chrome where it's above the address bar instead of below...

it might be few milliseconds fast but when you just browse, I can hardly notice the difference...

plus next Firefox 4 is supposed to be miles faster than Chrome...

I for one have never liked firefox, perhaps it was their rebel behavior, I'm chrome at home anymore.
-currently at work on IE 6 -

all hail chrome

When browsing on my iphone I use Opera Mini. Much better suited for mobile browsing as everything goes through Opera where it all gets optimized before being sent on to your phone. Of course that potentially has security issues, but it also is a lot better than crappy safari.

Firefox 4 may be faster but dont you think the next Chrome will be faster then FF4? The next Chrome (6 I think) will have to beat IE9, Firefox 4, and whatever Safari is doing for macs.

Internet browser....operating system soon to follow....Google will soon take over the world....

I hope not! Re: browser speeds, I use both the latest dev builds of Chrome (currently 6.0.447.0) and the latest Firefox nightlies (currently 4.0b2pre). Sunspider shows Chrome about 40% ahead in Javascript speeds, but with GPU rendering enabled in Firefox, I don't notice a difference. In fact, Firefox is much better at being able to render other pages while I'm scrolling through one (tested using techbargains.com and opening links in new tabs in the background while still scrolling down the original page).

I have two browser Firefox and Chrome I like them both.

I like tabs on the top. It provides more clicking space (since you obviously can't move the mouse past the top of the screen), people just bitch about it because the aren't used to it. I've changed Firefox to have tabs on the top and then I put it in full-screen.

they deserve it. chrome is the fastest one out there.

I've switched from FF to Chrome and I've got to say I'm mostly pleased with the change. The big thing I miss from FF is NoScript and ABP, the Chrome version of adblocker isn't as good (and strangely enough doesn't block those irritating YouTube ads... I wonder why... /endsarcasm).

was using IE 6 and got into firefox since it had tabbed browsing.
i liked firefox before since it is faster and reliable than IE.
Anyways, since Google game out with their browser, i've been using it ever since. Loved the simplicity and speed.

Opera is the fastest broswer on the planet it's proven. Opera needs to do more advertising Google Chrome users don't know what their missing out.

who cares who has the biggest share. at least there's viable competition going on now in the browser arena. All this development is awesome! everybody benefits from chrome's rise regardless of whether they use it or not.

I use IE for the most part, and sometimes I use Opera.

I use Opera... I don't know why, it's just nice lol.

for those people making false claims on which browser is faster, i think this graph can put all the BS to rest:



clearly firefox 4 is nowhere close to chrome, not even version 5.

Internet Explorer is only #1 because it already comes on your computer. Most people that use IE don't have the "know-how" to install browsers like Firefox, Chrome...etc., let alone don't even know they exist or what they are. I work in a public library and it's frightening to see how technically savvy so many people aren't. In the beginning though for Firefox at least, compatibility was always a problem for most websites although for the most part, that problem is almost a thing of the past. I noticed that with the new OnLive cloud gaming service, though, only IE and Firefox are supported.

I'm sticking with Firefox as it is. I don't notice any real difference between Firefox and Chrome, and I'm not a huge fan of the layout Chrome has to offer. Nothing against Google's browser, I'm just happy with what I'm using now, and see no reason to change.

You must not understand benchmarking at all.

One benchmark can not definitively show which is the fastest.

For one, workloads can vary.

Secondly, hardware can vary, and even that could have an impact. I could run something on an Athlon and get different results from a Phenom, depending upon how it uses memory and how much the L3 cache helps. Or, Intel chips, which have a different architecture. Or, different memory amounts, which could involve caching. Or different disks - one may benefit from SSD more than the other, or a specific way a hard disk caches, etc... Or some might run better on a different OS than this was tested on. Even if it's 1% or 2% here and there, and it can be quite a bit higher, there are so many variables results can vary based on changing parameters.

There are a lot of things that can change a result. Benchmarking is extremely difficult because of that, and weird things like I mention above do have an impact.

So, sorry, your one benchmark doesn't eliminate any discussion on the subject. No single benchmark ever did. Especially for software that runs on software.

Google, Microsoft and Apple wants to take over the world. The question is , which company will you support?

Whoever has the best browser, at the moment that in my opinion is Firefox, speed isn't everything and is dependent on many factors, OS, Memory ,Processor and hard disk speed to name a few. I like to use loads of Tabs and loads of Add Ons this means Chrome is not suitable as the Ad Blocker on it will never work properly hence the extra speed it has is squandered in loading unnecessary ads. I ha tried Opera and it is in as slick as Firefox, Safari and IE are not available for my OS so the choice is made.

@TA152H Well said. The random picture that "puts things to rest" annoyed me as well.

I don't care about any of this. I just browse the net and download stuff.

It accounts for so much because much legacy and industrial stuff ONLY supports ie. That and the detail that it comes as standard on most computers not featuring rotten apples.

opera 4evar!